Here is your homework question:-

Explain, using examples, the social and economic effects of deindustrialisation in an area of traditional heavy industry.  (6)

You need to plan your essay answer like so…..

• write about the Ruhr industries (Coal, Iron&Steel), how they have declined since 1950…..write about the socio-economic problems that this caused.  (These are in your yellow books)
• Add numbers, place names etc
• Write about South Wales, problems caused by coal mines+iron and steel industry being closed. eg. unemployment,dereliction, vandalism, family breakdowns, drug use by young, alcoholism. Change to Light manufacturing and part-time female employment.
• Try to include factory names such as Hitachi, Millennium Stadium Cardiff etc. Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.

For at least one of the Microclimate Fieldwork Tasks below, finish of the write up.

more-microclimate-fieldwork.doc

Try to give more than one reason

For each reason, try to use connectives to extend your explaining.

E.g.  

this means, this is caused by, therefore, this is due to, because, also, and, so this,

however, BUT,,etc

You can even get higher grades by searching on the internet for other school’s fieldwork results and using these to help explain your results.

Here is the Question based on last lesson’s work……

m4-corridor-question.jpg  to print yout own copy.

To help you….. you will need to include:-

• sunrise industries
• the types of industries
• Market location
• Reading
• Cambridge and Oxford Universites as research centres
• Labour supply (University Graduates)
• Travel links – motorways, rail, airports and destinations
• Names of companies
• Pleasant working environment
• Pleasant living conditions (where?)

All of these things will/should be in your book from this week’s work

REMEMBER   4 mark questions NEED 4 things described and explained!!!!

THE TURKEY EARTHQUAKE 1999 - Today’s Lesson

In today’s lesson you have to use 3 WEBSITES and answer questions from the WORKSHEET. Answer on the back of your Worksheet.

Here are the WEBSITES:-

1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/17/newsid_2534000/2534245.stm

2.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/turk-a19.shtml  

The Turkish Earthquake 1999

 A massive earthquake hit the city of Izmit in 1999. ·      

Your task is to find out what happened

 ·       You must put in as many facts and numbers as you can find 

·       You will need to have a map to show where Turkey and Izmit are

 ·       You need to find some pictures of the damage caused by the earthquake

 ·       You could try to get some eye-witness accounts eg. What the survivors said 

These websites are good starting places:-

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%C4%B0zmit_earthquake 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/422773.stm 

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/vgd/resources/ffiles/turkeyearthquake.doc 

Or you can search on Google:- http://www.google.co.uk/ 

PRESENT YOUR WORK AS A SPECIAL REPORT, PRINTED OUT AND MADE INTO A BOOKLET.

Describe how humans use an upland glaciated landscape.

In other words, how do people use the Lake District landscape?

Use the slideshow below, and the words/facts that you wrote in the lesson.

Words to use in your answer:-
High rainfall 1500mm/year, often falling as snow in winter.
Summer temperatures are only 14C
Little amount of sunshine…. short growing season.
Thin, stony, infertile soils
Only sheep farming is possible.
Forestry (diversification)
Travel is difficult (lakeland lanes)
Tourism is very important
Hill walking on Pyramidal Peaks (Helvellyn)
Rock Climbing on steep backwalls (Brown Cove)
Watersports on Ribbon Lakes (Lake Windermere)
Campsites/holiday cottages on flat valley floors(U-shaped Valley(
Honeypot sites

Research some climate information about the UK.

To do this…. find things such as….

1.   the average summer temperature

2.   the average annual rainfall

3.   the average sunshine hours in summer.  etc,

If you could get some climate information for Doncaster…. sir will print your name on this blog site.

This Website may help you….

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/

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Find a weather forecast either on the Internet….. use the link below…… http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/yh/doncaster_forecast_weather.html

 or cut one out of a newspaper. Make sure that you stick it in your book for the first lesson back after Easter.

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This week’s question is ….

How is a Ribbon Lake formed. (6 marks)

Use your 4 diagrams which you did in lesson and/or the powerpoint slideshow below…..

You will need to include these keywords, numbers and named places in your answer …..

20,000  1-2metres/day, freeze-thaw weathering, plucking, abrasion, corrie glaciers, Valley glacier, U-shaped Valley, resistant rock, softer rock, melting, glacier retreats, long narrow lake, ribbon lake, Lake Windermere in |Lake District. 11 miles long.

Extra: interlocking spurs, truncated spurs, crevasses.